Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM)

Experimental canopy for Brazilian contemporary art

Founded in 1948 and inspired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM) is a defining institution for modern and contemporary art in Brazil. MAM is located in the iconic Ibirapuera Park, a world-class urban space, and housed in a modernist masterpiece designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer in the 1950s and later reimagined by Lina Bo Bardi in 1982. The museum’s collection contains more than 5,000 modern and contemporary works of art, with a strong focus on Brazilian artists from the 1960s to the present day, including Anita Malfatti, Aldo Bonadei, Alfredo Volpi, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Francisco Rebolo, Felippe Moraes and José Antônio da Silva. MAM hosts exhibitions across its two main galleries, with a special emphasis on experimental and forward-thinking art. A hallmark of the institution is the “Panorama of Brazilian Art,” a biennial exhibition that charts the evolving landscape of contemporary art from across Brazil. Outside the museum, visitors can enjoy a large sculpture garden designed by Roberto Burle Marx in 1993, which features 30 sculptures and stands as one of Brazil’s most significant open-air art collections.

_{Exhibition view of the 38th edition of the Panorama of Brazilian Art. Photograph by Ruy Teixeira.}

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